Tag Archives: First World War
What I’m Playing Now: Heroes & Generals, and Verdun 1914-1918
Contrary to Gaines, I’m not a big competitive online FPS player. In fact, I’m quite frankly horrible at them. However, there’s a few games in the genre that I’ve lately enjoyed; the first one was Heroes & Generals, but lately … Continue reading
Posted in Criticism, Erik Bigras
Tagged Battle of Verdun, Cooperation, First World War, Game Mechanics, Heroes & Generals, Online FPS, Roles, Squad-Based, time, Verdun 1914-1918, World War 1
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A Simulated Retrospective, Part 3: Submarines
Welcome to Part 3 of this Higher Level Gamer Critical Retrospective! For these Retrospectives, I’ll take a broad approach to examine some of the tropes of particular game genres, their historical contexts, provide some examples, as well as explore why … Continue reading
Posted in Critical Retrospectives, Erik Bigras
Tagged 688 Attack Sub, Aces of the Deep, Cold War, Depth charge, Destroyer, First World War, Gulf War, Second World War, Silent Hunter, Sonar, Submarine, Submarine Simulation, Subsim, U-Boat, Video Game History, Video games, World War 1, World War 2
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